[who_would_fardels_bear]

Or are they converting investor dollars into science junkets, hotel stays, and free meals?

[TexasGator]

"Or are they converting investor dollars into science junkets, hotel stays, and free meals?"

[ckilmer]

Or are they converting investor dollars into science junkets, hotel stays, and free meals?
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the big thing is that they have shifted from public money to private money.

private money is not patient money like federal money.